AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i5-4590

Compare AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4590

Price

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$ 164.99

$ 100.73

$ 64.26 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2626 points

17% slightly better overall score

2241 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3873 points

4060 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2226 points

29% slightly better multitasking score

1725 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2136 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

1656 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

1338 points

2840 points

112% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.35 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

44.58 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2027 points

3116 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

493 points

1106 points

124% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1989 points

3165 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

488 points

1144 points

134% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

84 W

48% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

605th of 1,089

674th of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-8350 vs Core i5-4590 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the FX-8350 beats the Core i5-4590 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4590 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the FX-8350 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4590.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the FX-8350 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.